Running PHP code within another PHP Session

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March 29th, 2000, 03:29 PM

Brian Piotrowski

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Hi Folks,

I'm fairly new to this, so please, no flames!

Is there a way you can run PHP code within another PHP session? I have a form that has some PHP code in it that I would like to protect with authentication. I have the following at the top of my code:

<?php
require ("authenticate.inc");
echo '<HTML page>';
?>

This form works fine, since the PHP statement only appears once within the code. Now, I have another web page that has some of this code in it:

<?php
$db = mysql_connect("myhost", "myroot");
mysql_select_db("webapges",$db);
if ($submit) {
... etc ...

How do I add the PHP second code to the first instance? When I try:

<?php
require ("authenticate.inc");
echo '<?php';
echo '$db = mysql_connect("myhost", "myroot");';
echo 'mysql_select_db("webapges",$db);'
echo 'if ($submit) {';
... etc ...
?>

It fails and gives me a parsing error.

Thanks in advance!!

Brian.

March 29th, 2000, 04:57 PM

ecchu79

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You don't need to open another php session if ur already in one. That's why it's giving you a parse error. You can just get rid of ur inner PHP tags and it shoudl be fine. So ur code shoudl look something liek this:
<?php
require ("authenticate.inc");
$db = mysql_connect("myhost", "myroot");
mysql_select_db("webapges",$db");
if ($submit) {
... etc ...
?>

just remember, once ur in php, ur in php, so u don't need to "open" another php section.
hope this helps

March 30th, 2000, 08:13 AM

Brian Piotrowski

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Hi There,

It still didn't work. I received another parse error. Here is my entire php file for the form I want to submit:

<html>
<head>
<title>Bug Report / Enhancement Request Form</title>
</head>
<body>
<?php
if ($submit) {
// process form
$db = mysql_connect("myhost", "mypassword");
mysql_select_db("mydatabase",$db);
$sql = "INSERT INTO buglist VALUES (0,'$name','$org','$phone','$fax','$email','$os','$software','$verson','$severity','$comments')";
$result = mysql_query($sql);
$bugsql = mysql_query("select bugid from buglist where name='$name' and org='$org' and phone='$phone' and fax='$fax' and email='$email' and os='$os' and software='$software' and version='$verson' and severity='$severity' and comments='$comments'",$db);
$myrow = mysql_fetch_array($bugsql);
$mybugid = $myrow["bugid"];

// Send email to Quality Assurance for this comment!

$address = "qa@oursite.com";
$Subject = "Bug or Comment Submitted from Website";
$Body = "Bug ID: $mybugidnName: $namenOrganization: $orgnPhone Number: $phonenFax Number: $faxnEmail Address: $emailnOperating System: $osnSoftware: $softwarenVersion: $versionnSeverity: $severitynComments: $comments";
$From = "$email";
mail("$address","$Subject","$Body","From: $FromnReply-To: $From");

printf("<BODY BODY BGCOLOR=A4A4A4 text=black link=blue vlink=red alink=#000000 leftmargin=0 topmargin=0>");
printf("<FONT FACE=ARIAL>");
printf("<CENTER>Thank you! Your comments have been sent to Q.A. for analysis!<BR>n");
printf("Your comments have been assigned ID number %sn",$myrow["bugid"]);
printf("<BR><a href="%s">Return Home</A></CENTER>","main.html");

} else{
// display form
?>
<BODY BODY BGCOLOR="A4A4A4" text="black" link="blue" vlink="red" alink="#000000" leftmargin=0 topmargin=0>
<FONT FACE="ARIAL">
<center><img src="media/header_customerservice.gif"></center>
<CENTER><Font face="arial" color="BLACK" size ="+2"><B>Bug Report / Enhancement Request Form</b></font></center>
<BR>
<form method="post" action="<?php echo $PHP_SELF?>">
<table>
<tr>
<td><STRONG>Name:</strong></td>
<td><input type=text name="name" size=50></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><STRONG>Organization:</strong></td>
<td><input type=text name="org" size=50></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><STRONG>Phone:</strong></td>
<td><input type=text name="phone" size=15></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><STRONG>Fax:</strong></td>
<td><input type=text name="fax" size=15></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><STRONG>E-Mail:</strong></td>
<td><input type=text name="email" size=45></td>
</tr>
</table>
<BR>
<STRONG><font face="arial" size="+1" color="BLACK">PLEASE ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:</font></strong><br><BR>
<Strong>What operating system do you currently use on the client or workstation?</strong><br><BR>
<font face="arial" color="BLACK">
<input type="radio" name="os" value="Windows 95">Windows 95<BR>
<input type="radio" name="os" value="Windows 98">Windows 98<BR>
<input type="radio" name="os" value="Windows NT 3.x">Windows NT 3.x<BR>
<input type="radio" name="os" value="Windows NT 4.0">Windows NT 4.0<BR>
<input type="radio" name="os" value="Windows 2000">Windows 2000<BR>
<input type="radio" name="os" value="Windows 3.1 / 3.11">Windows 3.1 / 3.11<BR>
<input type="radio" name="os" value="Other">Other<BR>
<BR><BR></font>
<Strong>What is the software on which you are reporting?</strong><BR>
<input type="text" name="software" size="40" maxlength="25"><BR><BR>
<Strong>What is the version of your software?</strong><BR>
<input type="text" name="version" size="40" maxlength="10"><BR><BR>
<Strong>What is the severity of the problem?</strong><BR>
<font face="arial" size="-1" color="BLACK"><input type="radio" name="severity" value="Program crash or data corruption">Program crash or data corruption<BR>
<input type="radio" name="severity" value="Program does not function as documented">Program does not function as documented<BR>
<input type="radio" name="severity" value="Minor or cosmetic bug">Minor or cosmetic bug<BR>
<input type="radio" name="severity" value="Suggestion or feature request">Suggestion or feature request<BR><BR>
</FONT>
<font face="arial" size="+1" color="BLACK">Please include all the necessary steps to reproduce the problem or define the enhancement request:<BR></font>
<textarea name="comments" rows=10 cols=80 wrap=hard></textarea>
<BR><BR>
<CENTER><input type="submit" name="submit" value=" Send E-Mail "> <input type="Reset" value="Clear Responses"></center>
</form>
<?php
} // end if
?>
</body>
</html>

Now, I tried to remove all of the <?php, ?> instances, but it still failed.

How would I add the fields:

<?php
require ("authenticate.inc");
...(code)...
?>

to the above code so that it would parse it properly?? The first form works fine on its own, but when I add the authentication lines, along with echo '...'; to each line, it fails.

Thanks!

Brian.

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